Investigação de Salmonella spp. em Psittaciformes exóticos e nativos mantidos em cativeiro na região central do Rio Grande do Sul

Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul Brasil

Objective: To investigate the association between aggression in the first 24 hours after admission and severity of psychopathology in psychiatric inpatients. Methods: This cross-sectional study included psychiatric patients admitted to Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, in Santa Maria, southern Brazil, from August 2012 to January 2013. At their arrival at the hospital, patients were intervi...

Biografias De Gravidez E Maternidade Na Adolescência Em Assentamentos Rurais No Rio Grande Do Sul Biografías De Gravidez Y Maternidad En La Adolescencia En Asentamientos Rurales En Rio Grande Do Sul

* Extracted from the monograph “Biografias de gravidez e maternidade na adolescência em assentamentos rurais de Encruzilhada do Sul/RS”, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 2009. 1 RN, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, School of Nursing. Member of the Studies in Collective Health Group, RS, Brazil. [email protected] 2 PhD in Sociology. Full Professor, Federal University of Rio Gra...

Determinantes sociais e biológicos da mortalidade infantil em coorte de base populacional em Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul Social and biological determinants of infant mortality in population cohort in the city of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul State

Use of contraceptive methods by sexually active teenagers in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil Uso de métodos anticoncepcionais em adolescentes sexualmente ativos de 15 a 18 anos em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of contraceptive use by adolescents. A cross-sectional study was performed from March to September 2002 in a representative sample of adolescents 15 to 18 years of age in the urban area of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Multiple-stage sampling was used, and in the 448 census tracts located in the urban area, 90 were sampled and households wer...

Simulium spp. control program in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Insects of the Simuliidae family have been the object of control in Rio Grande do Sul since the 70s. Their constant attacks became a social-economical problem as well as a problem of Public Health, with serious consequences to men and to the economy of the areas in which the insects develop. At first, the control was done with a chemical larvicide Themephos ABATE 500 E, but an imperfect measuri...